WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The House Small Business Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 117-260) on the Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act (H.R. 6445) that aims to amend the Small Business Act to require an annual report on entrepreneurial development programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, on March 8, 2022. Excerpts of the report follow (with changes to the law omitted, and available at https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/117th-congress/hou  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The House Small Business Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 117-258) on the Women's Business Centers Improvement Act (H.R. 6441) that aims to amend the Small Business Act to improve the Women's Business Centers program. The report was advanced by Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, on March 7, 2022. Excerpts of the report follow (with changes to the law omitted, and available at https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/117th-congress/house-report/258/1?s=1&r=21) * *  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance, applauded the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) announcement that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will require servicers to immediately suspend foreclosure activities for up to 60 days if the servicer has been notified that a borrower has applied for assistanc  more

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, April 9 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids hosted a roundtable with parents and health care professionals in the Third District to discuss the rising cost of insulin and her work to lower those costs for Kansans. Participants discussed how insulin costs affect them and their families, and how policies like the Davids-backed Affordable Insulin Now Act, which caps the cost of insulin at $35 a month, would benef  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Mike Lee (UT) sent a letter signed by 22 senators and 46 representatives to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding the Department of Justice investigate the deaths of preborn babies whose remains have been found in Washington D.C. Images have been widely circulated of the remains that suggest some of the babies may have undergone unlawful partial-birth abortions or  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 8, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. was recently on FOX Business to discuss rising gas prices, and Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine and what it means for global food security. Senator Marshall said in part, "The President is trying to release a smoke screen, but Americans are much smarter than this. They realize the same companies today were the same companies before under President Trump   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded unanimous Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation to commemorate the historic sites that catalyzed litigation leading to the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The bill will expand the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Kansas and designate National Park Service (NPS) Affiliated Areas in Dela  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded unanimous Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation to commemorate the historic sites that catalyzed litigation leading to the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The bill will expand the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Kansas and designate National Park Service (NPS) Affiliated Areas in Del  more